Peccadilloes in Nippon and in Nipponese with a Quixotic Perspective. Coming at you from Yokohama, near Tokyo.

December 5, 2005

Yes, we have no legality

GOTTCHA!

So upon arriving at school, the vice-principal informed me that the English teacher was sick, then she asked, "You teach alone okay?"Me: "Uh, okay, but that is illegal, ne?"her:What?we grab the other English teacher to translate the term illegal and I ask againme: But it is illegal for me to teach alone, right?them: Yes.me: So we are going to break the law?them: Yes, but just once.me: blink Kay...

So I taught alone. I like being alone actually except for the fact that the kids are more loud than usual and I lack the vocabulary to say, "So you see, swum is the past-participal of swim."

So that picture has been circulating around the Japanese internet. I liked it so...